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Domestic seafood prices increase, imported snails are unusually cheap

While many domestic seafood products are becoming scarce and prices are increasing, some imported snails and squid are unusually cheap, one-third cheaper than domestic products, making many people doubtful about the quality.

Boats cautiously set sail, seafood is scarce, prices increase

The high price of gasoline and oil made many boat owners hesitant to go to sea, making seafood products scarce and prices increasing. According to Tien Phong newspaper, the prices of fresh seafood products have increased, with mackerel 300,000-350,000 VND/kg (previously 250,000-270,000 VND/kg), tilapia 150,000 VND/kg (previously 100,000 VND/kg/kg) kg); green crab 600,000-700,000 VND/kg (increasing 200,000 VND/kg); squid 250,000 – 300,000 VND/kg (previously 200,000-220,000 VND/kg)…

Not only seafood but many other items such as vegetables, tubers and fruits also increased in price. Notably, spices such as scallions, coriander, Chinese coriander, dill… have skyrocketed prices, even each kilogram of these vegetables is more expensive than 1 kilogram of pork.

Beware of unusually cheap imported snails

Domestic seafood prices increase, imported specialty snails are unusually cheap

Foreign snails sell for only 170,000 VND/kg (Photo: HCMC Women)

In Ho Chi Minh City, “snail bulot” (also known as “foreign snails) introduced by many sellers “imported from France, Ireland, Canada” with crispy and delicious meat like Vietnamese snails, the price is only 170,000 VND/kg (about 30-35 pieces). With the same size, domestic snails cost about 700,000 VND/kg.

Mr. Nguyen Dong Hy – who specializes in seafood business – said that French, Irish or Canadian snails are being sold at cheap prices because of their high output and low consumption by people in those countries. Quality frozen goods are about 95% or 50-60% compared to fresh goods. If the product is not of good quality before freezing, is contaminated, then when eaten, it will be harmful to the health of the user.

Air conditioner discount up to 50%, only from 3 million

Preparing to enter the summer, along with the launch of many new model air conditioner products in 2022, electronics supermarkets reduce the price of old models by up to 50%.

After the discount, many air conditioner model priced at only 3-5 million VND/set. In addition to discounts, customers who buy air conditioners are also given vouchers worth millions of dong, installment payments of 0% interest or prepayment of 0 dong…

The price of animal feed increased sharply, farmers suffered heavy losses

While the selling price of livestock products remained meager for a long time, the price of animal feed increased rapidly. Recently, many businesses have increased the price of animal feed from 200-4,000 VND/kg. Since the end of 2020 until now, the price of animal feed has increased 10 times.

Domestic seafood prices increase, imported specialty snails are unusually cheap
The price of animal feed increased to an all-time high (photo: TL)

The reason that many businesses adjust the price of animal feed is because the price of input materials increases. In the first two months of this year, the price of raw materials for world animal feed production continued to rise due to the influence of adverse weather from the main growing areas, especially South American countries. At the same time, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine has a strong impact on the world and Vietnam corn and wheat prices.

Fruit dumped in the market as cheap as giving

The congestion at the border gate for a long time has caused the prices of many fruits to drop, in the garden to only 1,000-2,000 VND/kg, but there are still no buyers, and farmers suffer heavy losses.

The price of dragon fruit from the market to the supermarket is currently only from 5,000 VND/kg, 1/3 cheaper than before Tet, the price of watermelon is only 6,000-10,000 VND/kg. The cheap price surprised many people, ordering the whole box to share.

The price of iPhone 13 plummeted

The price of iPhone 13 is down to 6 million dong, the cheapest ever, the price is only 21.35 million dong, 23.99 million dong and 26.49 million dong for 128GB, 256GB and 512GB versions, respectively. iPhone 13 version with 521 GB internal memory is being reduced by 8.5 million VND, to 25.5 million VND.

Domestic seafood prices increase, imported specialty snails are unusually cheap
iPhone 13 plummeted in price (Photo: Economic rhythm)

Still iPhone 13 Pro also discounted to 4 million, only from 27.59 million for the version with 128GB memory capacity. iPhone 13 mini and iPhone 13 Pro Max are also reduced to 5 million VND, the price is 19.99 million VND for the 256GB version and 29.59 million VND for the 128GB version.

Meanwhile, iPhone SE 2022 is attracting many iPhone followers in Vietnam. According to Lao Dong, before the launch event of iPhone SE 2022, some information suggested that the new generation iPhone model costs only $ 199, to “destroy” Android Phone. But in fact, iPhone SE 2022 has a price from 429 USD, not only not cheap, but also higher than the previous iPhone SE generation (iPhone SE 2020) to 30 USD.

Motorbike taxis and taxis simultaneously increase fares

After gasoline prices increased sharply, technology car companies simultaneously adjusted to increase transportation rates. Taxi companies are also preparing to increase prices accordingly.

Accordingly, the GrabBike service in Hanoi is adjusted to VND 13,500 for the first 2 km, VND 4,300 for each subsequent kilometer and VND 350 for each minute of travel after the first 2 km. The new GrabBike fare in Ho Chi Minh City is VND 12,500 for the first 2 km, VND 4,300 for the next kilometer and VND 350 for each minute of travel after the first 2 km. The price of GrabBike service in 30 other provinces and cities was also increased.

On many delivery groups, shippers also increase the shipping price from 10,000-20,000 VND/trip, depending on time and distance.

Steel price increased sharply, exceeding 18 million VND/ton

Domestic seafood prices increase, imported specialty snails are unusually cheap
Steel prices increased sharply

In early March, manufacturing enterprises simultaneously increased construction steel prices to 0.7-1.2 million dong/ton, causing the selling price to exceed 18 million dong/ton, approaching the peak in 2021. From the middle of May 2, construction steel price has increased by 250,000-610,000 VND/ton.

Steel price The continuous increase is due to the increase in the price of raw materials, including steel billets. According to the update of the Vietnam Steel Association on February 23, the price of billet increased by more than 700 USD/ton.

The price of lemons doubled

Currently, due to the increasing demand for soft drinks and consumption in food and drink, the price of commercial lemons is at a high level. According to VOV, gardeners in Tien Giang harvest lemons and sell them to traders in the garden at the price of 10,000-13,000 VND/kg. The price of fresh lemons in the market is up to over 20,000 VND/kg.

This price is 2 times higher than before Tet; Even during the previous period of social distancing, the lemons were sluggish, and the output was stuck. According to gardeners, the price of lemons above 5,000 VND/kg is already profitable.

Hanh Nguyen(Synthetic)

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